About the day » Saturday August 25, 1951Calender converter

• Norman Goree Kittrell IV <KB TxBI>0, Liberty County, Texas
• Auke Roelof Godthelp, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Teuntje Kreukniet, Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Reinoldus Theodorus Clemens (René) Seleski, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Els Salden, Obbicht, Limburg, Netherlands († 2016)
• Jos Zwinkels, Honselersdijk, Nederland († 2019)
• Elisabeth Maria Gerarda (Els) Coenen, Stein, Nederland († 1986)
• Ralph Bruno Tempel, Germany († 2019)
• Ans Huijbregts, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2003)
• Reinoldus Theodorus Leonardus Clemens Seleski, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2005)

• Afke Petronella Visser (52), Leeuwarden
• Charles Edwin Richmond (84), Groton, New London County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Wijma (85), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Antoinette Poldervaart (43), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia van Gorp (83), Tilburg
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Kampen (76), Kings County, Hanford, California, Verenigde Staten
• Charles, Jr. Wurtz (77), Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Douwes Buma (55), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bakelaar (50), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Theresia de Winter (44), Amsterdam

• 1949 » John Savage, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Martin Amis, British novelist
• 1949 » Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
• 1950 » Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer († 2011)
• 1950 » Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter († 2009)
• 1951 » Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
• 1951 » Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter (Judas Priest)
• 1952 » Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1952 » Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 » Kurban Berdyev, Turkmen footballer and manager

• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Peter
9. Petrus
10. Robert
11. Jacobus
12. Adrianus
13. Hendrikus
14. John
15. Jacob
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Petronella
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Margaretha
12. Marianne
13. Jacoba
14. Yvonne
15. Geertruida
16. Linda

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
• January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The temperature on August 25, 1951 was between 11.1 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.